On Tuesday morning, the Tony committee unveiled its 2013 acting nominations, with the Cyndi Lauper–scored, Harvey Feirstein–written Kinky Boots leading the esteemed pack with a lucky 13 nods. Leading the pack in terms of celebrity appeal—as evidenced by his many headlines this morning—is Tom Hanks, who is nominated for playing the late journalist Mike McAlary in Nora Ephron’sLucky Guy. Leading the group in terms of most surprising Tony contender to come from a fairly mediocre Kirsten Dunst film is the unlikely cheerleading production Bring It On, which scored an unlikely nomination for best musical. Meanwhile, one category appears to be stacked with front-runners, at least according to The New York Times, which has called “best actress in a play” this year’s most competitive category. Nominees include Laurie Metcalf (The Other Place), Amy Morton (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), Kristine Nielsen (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike), Holland Taylor (Ann), and Cicely Tyson (The Trip to Bountiful).

As we’ve learned from the Oscars, the Emmys, the Grammys, and any other award show covered by the Internet, nomination morning is not just about congratulating the lucky competitors in this year’s awards race, but about drawing attention to the actors and actresses who were cruelly snubbed by the powers that be. This year, surprisingly, there were many Hollywood headliners left out in the nominations cold. Among them: Alec Baldwin, who failed to earn a nomination forOrphans, Jessica Chastain (The Heiress), Scarlett Johansson (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), Katie Holmes (Dead Accounts), and Al Pacino (Glengarry Glen Ross). The most glaring, cutting snub, however, according to the Times, was that Bette Midler was not recognized for her performance as the late Hollywood agent Sue Mengers in the one-woman show I’ll Eat You Last, which premiered last week.

The 67th Tony Awards will take place on June 9 at Radio City Music Hall and will be broadcast live on CBS.